I AM MARRIED UNTO YOU

 EVENING DEVOTION

SEPTEMBER 27

 

Jeremiah 3:14

…I am married unto you:…

 
This is the closest connection that can be formed between intelligent creatures. Two become one flesh.
 
And this is the relation which the Lord selects, to represent his connection with his people.
 
He is engaged to them, and they are engaged to him.
 
His love is fixed upon them, and their love is set upon him.
 
He has chosen them, and they have chosen him.
 
He finds pleasure in them, and they find all their happiness in him.
 
He communicated to them, and they have fellowship with him.
 
He treats them with confidence, and they make him the sole object of their trust.
 
He provides all they need, and they are to live in constant dependence upon him.
 
Christian, do you realize the fact that the Lord is married unto you?
 
That he is all that to you, that the kindest, wisest, and wealthiest husband can be?
 
Are you walking with God, as his bride?
 
Are you living with God, as one that is married to him?
 
Do you leave all for him?
 
Expect all from him?
 
Aim in all things to please him?
 
Rejoice, that though every earthly friend may be torn from you, your husband ever liveth, and will never leave you.
 
Cleave to him, let nothing draw you away from him, for he is “married to you.”
 

Lord, make me in this union shine,

That heaven and earth may see,

In heart and life, I’m truly thine,

And married unto thee!

 
James Smith